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36 Memphis Police And Deputies Hurt In Protests After Deadly Shooting |
2019-06-14 |
[NPR.ORG] Thirty-six Memphis Police Department officers and sheriff's deputies were maimed during a large protest Wednesday night, the police department said Thursday. The violence erupted like lava from a volcano after officers of the U.S. Marshals Service shot and killed Brandon Webber, 20. The shooting occurred around 7 p.m. local time, as officers from the U.S. Marshals Service as part of the Gulf Coast Regional Fugitive Task Force tried to take a man into custody. When the officers approached the man, law enforcement officials said, he was getting into his car in the Frayser community in northern Memphis, Tenn. That man was Webber, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the case. The U.S. Marshals Service says he was wanted on "multiple felony warrants." When the officers tried to stop Webber, "he reportedly rammed his vehicle into the officers' vehicles multiple times before exiting with a weapon," the TBI says. "The officers fired striking and killing the individual," according to the TBI. Residents began to gather in the street, looking for answers, reports local TV news Fox 13. Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer was among the first officials to identify the slain man publicly. She also said the local community has a reason to distrust the police. |
Posted by:Fred |
#8 The way we deal with this stuff is stupid. No more tear gas or pepper spray. No more water cannons. You answer a rock with a high velocity rifle round or a spread of 00 buck. You answer a molotov with the same. After the first 30 wind up toes up, they'll learn. Niven's Laws Once again. 1. Don't throw shit at an armed man. 2. Don't stand next to someone throwing shit at an armed man. |
Posted by: Silentbrick 2019-06-14 20:01 |
#7 And so the neighborhood rioted. Holy shades of Gaza. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-14 15:19 |
#6 With a laugh, he looked directly into the camera and said the officers would 'have to kill me.' "Your proposal is acceptable." |
Posted by: SteveS 2019-06-14 12:51 |
#5 The kid was a prognostition. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2019-06-14 12:27 |
#3 What Led Up to U.S. Marshals Fatally Shooting 20-Year-Old Man in Memphis |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-14 11:26 |
#2 For context : Brandon Webber Another upstanding citizen shot to pieces. Chimp out on marshals serving multiple felony warrants, and this is what they do. No matter how many Wakandans love you... you gonna die. (county comish) also said the local community has a reason to distrust the police. And vice versa. |
Posted by: Dron66046 2019-06-14 06:46 |
#1 Thirty six cops injured sounds more like a riot than a protest, but hey, to-may-to, to-mah-to. File under "I Fought the Law and the Law Won" |
Posted by: SteveS 2019-06-14 06:31 |